August's Top Tips 2017
Our black lime lemonade is inspired by Mahina who frequently visits the Spicery HQ to cook us some of her favorite dishes from Iran. It was Mahina who introduced us to black lime tea, with its lovely aromatic citrus flavour and subtle ginger zing.
Black Lime Lemonade
In homage to Mahina and her black lime tea, Spicerer Tung created this lemonade with an Iranian twist using crushed whole black limes to cool you down on a fiery summer day.
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Heat rating: 1/5
- Dietary: N/A
Ingredients
- 2 lemons - zested and halved for juicing, plus extra slices to serve
- 100g sugar
- 1 litre fizzy water
- Ice to serve
Spices
- Black Lime Lemonade - free sample/2 tbsp: Black lime, lemon verbena, orange flowers, ginger, lemon peel, hibiscus, rose petals
Method
- Boil 200ml water with the zest of 2 lemons, the entire sachet (or 2 tbsp) of BLACK LIME LEMONADE and 100g sugar until the liquid has reduced by half and you have a thick syrup
- Stir the juice of 2 lemons into the syrup then strain this mixture into a large jug (discarding the BLACK LIME LEMONADE and lemon zest)
- Top up the strained syrup with 1 litre of cold, fizzy water
- Serve in glasses over ice and lemon slices
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